Perhaps I'm being obtuse and missed this part, but that doesn't seem to address how they made such a garbage film regardless of the method for release. It had absolutely none of the charm of WW and the opening sequence alone was so poorly executed I thought I was being punked. I didn't expect an exact replica in style and story but I was honestly ****ed off watching it. Even my wife said turn if off and she's far more agreeable and accepting than I am.
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Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post
Eh. Was just an opinion. Nothing serious.
I wonder if the Avatar 2 pitch was, I'd like to make the same movie, only 30 minutes longer.
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Even the first WW isn't quite as good as we all like to think. Don't get me wrong, it's still pretty good, but it's also helped by the other DC stuff being so bad that "pretty good" ends up feeling like "great". It's helped by the WW1 setting and the whole fish-out-of-water plot. But then WW1984 gives us a pointless 80s setting (that they also somehow never really make use of). So it's already knocked down a few pegs. Then there's just so many plot holes and issues (hey remember how in modern times she told Batman she laid low for 100 years but we see her tracking down thieves in a completely crowded mall!). Also apparently if she just jumps a little higher she can, like, fly or something; odd she didn't figure that out until now. Every bad choice they could make they did make.
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Originally posted by Slap Shot View PostPerhaps I'm being obtuse and missed this part, but that doesn't seem to address how they made such a garbage film regardless of the method for release. It had absolutely none of the charm of WW and the opening sequence alone was so poorly executed I thought I was being punked. I didn't expect an exact replica in style and story but I was honestly ****ed off watching it. Even my wife said turn if off and she's far more agreeable and accepting than I am."It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
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Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
The pitch was "The first movie made more money than any other film ever made. Would you like to make even more money?" The executives at Fox thought long and hard before deciding that, yes, they would like to make even more money."It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
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Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
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Originally posted by French Rage View PostEven the first WW isn't quite as good as we all like to think. Don't get me wrong, it's still pretty good, but it's also helped by the other DC stuff being so bad that "pretty good" ends up feeling like "great". It's helped by the WW1 setting and the whole fish-out-of-water plot. But then WW1984 gives us a pointless 80s setting (that they also somehow never really make use of). So it's already knocked down a few pegs. Then there's just so many plot holes and issues (hey remember how in modern times she told Batman she laid low for 100 years but we see her tracking down thieves in a completely crowded mall!). Also apparently if she just jumps a little higher she can, like, fly or something; odd she didn't figure that out until now. Every bad choice they could make they did make.
"It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
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I'm not saying it isn't profitable I am saying it might not end up MORE profitable which is what it seemed you were saying.
Tbe film was never going to lose money but that Diane mean it is performing to the levels that are expected or is as successful as its predecessor. That was my point."It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
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Originally posted by Handyman View PostI'm not saying it isn't profitable I am saying it might not end up MORE profitable which is what it seemed you were saying.
Tbe film was never going to lose money but that Diane mean it is performing to the levels that are expected or is as successful as its predecessor. That was my point.
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Oh of course...I don't begrudge them making the film. I think the ROI is going to continue to drop though so they might want to rethink the 4 follow ups or whatever."It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
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Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
Yes, the film was probably not going to make as much money as the film that made more money than any other movie in history. However, it is still going to make an incredible amount of money, which is what executives at Fox cared about most.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Handyman View Post
Because giving full creative control to a director is almost never a good idea.
* TBH though I'd give it to Renoir, Kurosawa, Bergman, Lang, or Bunuel.
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Originally posted by Kepler View Post
It's not even* a good idea when his name is Herzog, Welles, Altman, or Kubrick, so it's really not a great idea when they're not even that good.
* TBH though I'd give it to Renoir, Kurosawa, Bergman, Lang, or Bunuel.
I mean think of what Prometheus could have been if someone had told Ridley Scott "No"."It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
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Originally posted by Kepler View Post
To be fair, even in the golden age of film (1930-1959) when 90% of the greatest movies in history were made, money was still all the studio heads cared about.
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